I Wanna Learn A Love Song
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D9sus4 000553
[Intro]
D D6 D D6
D D6 D D6
[Verse 1]
Em
I come fresh from the street
A G Em D
Fast on my feet, kinda lean and lazy
Em
Not much meat on my bones
A
And a whole lot alone
G Em D
And more than a little bit crazy
Am7/D G
The old six string was all I had
Em Bm
To keep my belly still
Em A
And for each full-hour lesson I gave
G Em D D6 D D6
I got a crisp ten dollar bill
[Verse 2]
Em A
She was married for seven years
G Em D
To a concrete castle king
Em A
She said she wanted to learn to play the guitar
G Em D
And to hear her children sing
Am7/D G
So I'd show up about once a week
Em Bm
In my faded tight-legged jeans
Em A
With a backlog full of hobo stories
G
And dilapidated dreams
[Chorus 1]
D D** D9sus4 D
She said, I want to learn a love song
Em Em7 Em6
Full of happy things
Em A Asus4 A Asus2
She said, I want to learn a love song
G
Won't you let me hear you sing
D D** D9sus4 D
She said, I want to learn a love song
Em Em7 Em6
I want to hear you play
Em A Asus4 A Asus2
She said, I want to learn a love song
G Em D D6 D D6
Before you go away
[Verse 3]
Em A
So I tried to teach her a couple of chords
G Em D
And an easy melody
Em A
But it always turned out she'd rather listen
G Em D
To my guitar and me
Am7/D G
I could hear her old man laughing in the den
Em Bm
Playing stud poker with the boys
Em A
While I sang so soft in the living room
G Em D D6 D D6
Too scared to make much noise
[Verse 4]
Em A
I came one week and the den was dark
G Em D
And she met me at the door
Em A
And we sat on the couch and we sang and talked
G Em D
Till I could not sing no more
Am7/D D
The silence kept on building
Em Bm
Her eyes grew much too wide
Em A
And I could hear both of our heartbeats
G
But there was no place to hide
[Chorus 2]
D D** D9sus4 D
She said, I want to learn a love song
Em Em7 Em6
Full of happy things
Em A Asus4 A Asus2
She said, I want to learn a love song
G
Won't you let me hear you sing
D D** D9sus4 D
She said, I want to learn a love song
Em Em7 Em6
I want to hear you play
Em A Asus4 A Asus2
She said, I want to learn a love song
G Em D D6 D D6
Before you go away
[Verse 5]
Em A
Well, I guess you know what happened
G Em D
God I, I never been so clean
Em A
Yes, I feel like I'm working in a Hollywood movie
G Em D
Or living out a good bad dream
Am7/D G
And all them pinup girls in that tinsel world
Em Bm
Never touched me like she can
Em A
It took another man's wife in the real world life
G
To make this boy a man
[Chorus 3]
D D** D9sus4 D
She said, I want to learn a love song
Em Em7 Em6
Full of happy things
Em A Asus4 A Asus2
She said, I want to learn a love song
G
Won't you let me hear you sing
D D** D9sus4 D
She said, I want to learn a love song
Em Em7 Em6
I want to hear you play
Em A Asus4 A Asus2
She said, I want to learn a love song
G Em D D6 D D6
Before you go away
[Outro]
G Em D G Em D
I guess you know I stayed
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